Senator Bernie Sanders summed up my legislative philosophy in a speech to supporters in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Sunday: “I believe that if you start your…
Tag: teacher pay
Rep. Lana Greenfield (R-2/Doland) continues to falsely assert that Governor Dennis Daugaard’s teacher pay plan does not direct the money toward teachers: The money generated by the…
The federal government has approved Governor Dennis Daugaard’s suggestion that Indian Health Service pick up the tab for American Indian patients who seek additional care at non-IHS…
Senate Appropriations approved House Bill 1182, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s extra half-ercentage point sales tax to fund competitive teacher pay, in a 7–2 vote this morning. The two nays came from two…
On its second try, the South Dakota House today approved House Bill 1182, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s funding mechanism for increasing teacher pay. The vote was 47–21,…
Aberdeen teacher Teresa Markley rose at Saturday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel to ask how Republican legislators could tell us for thirty years that there’s no money to boost teacher pay, then…
House Majority Leader Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) is at war with Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) over raising teacher pay. Rep. Schoenbeck has thrown in with the Governor and…
Accountable South Dakota reports over 100 people showed up to protest legislative malpractice at this morning’s crackerbarrel for Districts 13, 14, and 15 at the downtown…